Essay Draft 1
Hongyuan (Paul) Lin
Professor Michener
AE Eng 20C
13 Oct 2014
Competitions are everywhere in our society. People compete against each other using different ways and effective behaviors. They stimulate people's creativities and innovations. They help people promote their maximum potentials. Athletes practice and train hard to reach their goals. Companies cooperate and create innovative products to change the world. Akeelah does her best to learn and improve with Dr. Larabee’s help in order to win the national spelling bee competition while she feels unconfident competing against Dylan. However, competitions could bring up negative behaviors at the same time, depending what attitudes and behaviors people are holding in the competitions. Cheating is s behavior when people try to win during a competition. Some people steal classical files and take advantage of others’ secrets. In the movie of Akeelah and the Bee, a competitor’s mother cheats in the competition, who tries to help her son go to the next round. In summary, competitions are two-sided swords. All kinds of behaviors show up in competitions. Cooperating, cheating and practicing are behaviors that help them to succeed in the competitions.
Cooperating is one of the significant behaviors in competitions. Under the pressure of competitions, competitors spontaneously learn from each other and unite as a larger group. For example, Nike and Apple are two top companies at their fields. As the society becomes more digitized, they cooperate and they share technologies. As a result, a pair of Nike shoes with high-tech chip can directly connect to Apple devices to record data. In the movie, Akeelah is invited to join a Spelling Bee Club at another school. She gets a chance to learn from her friends, who are also competitors. They share experiences and strategies and play interesting games. She improves her skills in the group. At the national spelling bee competition, Akeelah misspells a word because she does not
Professor Michener
AE Eng 20C
13 Oct 2014
Competitions are everywhere in our society. People compete against each other using different ways and effective behaviors. They stimulate people's creativities and innovations. They help people promote their maximum potentials. Athletes practice and train hard to reach their goals. Companies cooperate and create innovative products to change the world. Akeelah does her best to learn and improve with Dr. Larabee’s help in order to win the national spelling bee competition while she feels unconfident competing against Dylan. However, competitions could bring up negative behaviors at the same time, depending what attitudes and behaviors people are holding in the competitions. Cheating is s behavior when people try to win during a competition. Some people steal classical files and take advantage of others’ secrets. In the movie of Akeelah and the Bee, a competitor’s mother cheats in the competition, who tries to help her son go to the next round. In summary, competitions are two-sided swords. All kinds of behaviors show up in competitions. Cooperating, cheating and practicing are behaviors that help them to succeed in the competitions.
Cooperating is one of the significant behaviors in competitions. Under the pressure of competitions, competitors spontaneously learn from each other and unite as a larger group. For example, Nike and Apple are two top companies at their fields. As the society becomes more digitized, they cooperate and they share technologies. As a result, a pair of Nike shoes with high-tech chip can directly connect to Apple devices to record data. In the movie, Akeelah is invited to join a Spelling Bee Club at another school. She gets a chance to learn from her friends, who are also competitors. They share experiences and strategies and play interesting games. She improves her skills in the group. At the national spelling bee competition, Akeelah misspells a word because she does not